Colored Bar Paper Colors
(mw.rat.bz)
Recently I created an article titled Retro Monochrome and High Contrast Color Display Palettes. That article deals with colors that are used when having bright text on dark backgrounds. In this article I feature colors to be used as light background colors with dark (usually black) foreground text on top.
Recently I created an article titled Retro Monochrome and High Contrast Color Display Palettes. That article deals with colors that are used when having bright text on dark backgrounds. In this article I feature colors to be used as light background colors with dark (usually black) foreground text on top.
Take a New Look at CSS Shapes (2018)
(smashingmagazine.com)
This week, CSS Shapes ships in a production version of Firefox with the release of Firefox 62 — along with a very nice addition to the Firefox DevTools to help us work with Shapes.
This week, CSS Shapes ships in a production version of Firefox with the release of Firefox 62 — along with a very nice addition to the Firefox DevTools to help us work with Shapes.
Show HN: I built a free SVG Web site
(websvg.com)
Web SVG Images: Everything you need for your digital craft & design projects.Find free SVG icons, SVG animations, and SVG tutorials to get you going.
Web SVG Images: Everything you need for your digital craft & design projects.Find free SVG icons, SVG animations, and SVG tutorials to get you going.
Accessibility: Don't Use Fake Bold or Italic in Social Media
(adrianroselli.com)
I posted something on Mastodon that uses Unicode math symbols to produce fake bold and fake italic text.
I posted something on Mastodon that uses Unicode math symbols to produce fake bold and fake italic text.
If your content is only on social media, I'm not going to see it
(coryd.dev)
If you only post on social media, I won't see it. If you don't have an RSS feed, I won't follow it, I won't subscribe to it. I don't want want your app because I don't want a homescreen full of apps for publications and platforms.[1]
If you only post on social media, I won't see it. If you don't have an RSS feed, I won't follow it, I won't subscribe to it. I don't want want your app because I don't want a homescreen full of apps for publications and platforms.[1]
Matt's Script Archive (1995)
(scriptarchive.com)
Welcome to Matt's Script Archive. Offering free CGI scripts to the web community since 1995!
Welcome to Matt's Script Archive. Offering free CGI scripts to the web community since 1995!
Strong Opinions on URL Design
(vale.rocks)
I came to realise the other day that, for reasons unbeknownst to me, I have very strong opinions on URL structures.
I came to realise the other day that, for reasons unbeknownst to me, I have very strong opinions on URL structures.
Page is under construction: A love letter to the personal website
(localghost.dev)
If you take just one thing away from this article, I want it to be this: please build your own website. A little home on the independent web.
If you take just one thing away from this article, I want it to be this: please build your own website. A little home on the independent web.
Making Space for a Handmade Web
(figma.com)
There’s a resurgence of small, handcrafted sites challenging the current trajectory of the internet. Joining the movement is as simple as making your own.
There’s a resurgence of small, handcrafted sites challenging the current trajectory of the internet. Joining the movement is as simple as making your own.
Ask HN: Who else is tired of these web things?
(ycombinator.com)
The web has become borderline intolerable, and these things are among the reasons why. I've developed a "zero tolerance" habit. If a website throws up a surprise popup, I just immediately close the page and never go back. The only way to win is not to play.
The web has become borderline intolerable, and these things are among the reasons why. I've developed a "zero tolerance" habit. If a website throws up a surprise popup, I just immediately close the page and never go back. The only way to win is not to play.
I wrote a static web page and accidentally started a community (2023)
(localfirstweb.dev)
The flap of a butterfly’s wings on one continent, so the story goes, can cause a tornado a year later in another. Here’s my story of how something like that can happen on the web too.
The flap of a butterfly’s wings on one continent, so the story goes, can cause a tornado a year later in another. Here’s my story of how something like that can happen on the web too.
UbuWeb – Founded 1996
(ubu.com)
A year ago, we decided to shutter UbuWeb. Not really shutter it, per se, but instead to consider it complete.
A year ago, we decided to shutter UbuWeb. Not really shutter it, per se, but instead to consider it complete.
Patterns for Personal Web Sites (2003)
(rdrop.com)
These patterns for creating personal Web sites have been distilled over the last few years from the most interesting personal Web sites I've found. For more information on these patterns, please read the introduction.
These patterns for creating personal Web sites have been distilled over the last few years from the most interesting personal Web sites I've found. For more information on these patterns, please read the introduction.
Marginalia – A search engine that prioritizes non-commercial content
(marginalia-search.com)
This is the new design and home of Marginalia Search.
This is the new design and home of Marginalia Search.
Build for the Web, Build on the Web, Build with the Web
(csswizardry.com)
If you’re going to build for the web, build on the web and build with the web.
If you’re going to build for the web, build on the web and build with the web.
Webring
(xxiivv.com)
This webring is an attempt to inspire artists & developers to build their websites and share traffic amongst each other. The ring welcomes hand-crafted wikis and portfolios.
This webring is an attempt to inspire artists & developers to build their websites and share traffic amongst each other. The ring welcomes hand-crafted wikis and portfolios.
The importance of favicons in website OSINT research
(osintme.com)
Favicons on websites are graphic elements that show up in the form of a small icon – be it in a browser tab panel next to the website’s name, or in bookmarked links to websites.
Favicons on websites are graphic elements that show up in the form of a small icon – be it in a browser tab panel next to the website’s name, or in bookmarked links to websites.
Ask HN: Will HN ever have a dark mode?
(ycombinator.com)
It's one of those sites that I frequently visit and get a glaring screen in my face when switching tabs. Just wanted to know if this feature is ever going to be available. I mean it's 2025!
It's one of those sites that I frequently visit and get a glaring screen in my face when switching tabs. Just wanted to know if this feature is ever going to be available. I mean it's 2025!
Lines of code that beat A/B testing (2012)
(stevehanov.ca)
A/B testing is used far too often, for something that performs so badly. It is defective by design: Segment users into two groups. Show the A group the old, tried and true stuff. Show the B group the new whiz-bang design with the bigger buttons and slightly different copy. After a while, take a look at the stats and figure out which group presses the button more often. Sounds good, right? The problem is staring you in the face.
A/B testing is used far too often, for something that performs so badly. It is defective by design: Segment users into two groups. Show the A group the old, tried and true stuff. Show the B group the new whiz-bang design with the bigger buttons and slightly different copy. After a while, take a look at the stats and figure out which group presses the button more often. Sounds good, right? The problem is staring you in the face.
Show HN: Instantly Generate Example Pages
(exampl.page)
Instantly generate example pages. Just visit anything.exampl.page
Instantly generate example pages. Just visit anything.exampl.page
Triptych Proposals
(alexanderpetros.com)
Three small proposals for putting the "hyper" back in hypertext.
Three small proposals for putting the "hyper" back in hypertext.
Silk – Interactive Generative Art (2011)
(weavesilk.com)
To save, right click the thumbnail and choose Save Image As....
To save, right click the thumbnail and choose Save Image As....
Square Zero: hide silly messages in decorative borders
(danwilkerson.com)
I decided to include an Easter Egg in our New Years greeting this year1. If you managed to decipher it, you'd be treated to a retro mini-game based on the card. Can you spot it?
I decided to include an Easter Egg in our New Years greeting this year1. If you managed to decipher it, you'd be treated to a retro mini-game based on the card. Can you spot it?